Woo-hoo!

Before moving I got a Bed Bath and Beyond gift card,  I then learned there wasn't any here and spent it at home. That wasn't an issue because what I wanted was small anyway.

Well, guess what? In the Fall we're getting one! And not only are we getting one, but we're getting one in PEARLRIDGE! That's the mall right down the hill from me! I'm excited. So if you're ever at a loss for a gift.... gift cards are fantastic. :-P haha. I love gift cards. I love shopping but always worry about spending money and gift cards force you to. It's wonderful haha. I think John and I had a discussion about that. At first we think "Oh gift cards are the easy way out" when we're shopping but then when we think about what we want, we get pretty excited over gift cards haha. Nerds...

This will also make any possible BBB registry exchanges easier. We're also registered at Amazon. I was a little worried because I know how often people just run out and grab things, but in addition to the ease of putting anything we want on the list (like games!) nearly everyone is from pretty far away and we live pretty far away so shipping things out here instead of getting them at the wedding is very ideal. We shall see.

Unfortunately we still have no Bath and Body Works. I finally have my oil burner up and running. At first I only had the oils because the burner was with John on the way to HI. Then I couldn't bring the oils because movers and mailers get upset because it's oil so they won't ship it. Finally my mom brought it with her so now I have those. Then it took me a while to look for and find the oil burner. Finally did that but no longer had my dozens of tealights. Just got those and oh no! No lighter or matches! I haven't been very organized with this, and this is a pretty boring story but oh well. I finally have it up and running and my house smells of Lilac, it's quite wonderful. I was burning Vanilla Coconut earlier and it was quite nasty. When I worked at BBW I always opened up the candle or oil and smelt it, but when it started burning it was terrible. I'll have to find some more oils, or order them online. That's how I got them to begin with. Buy two oils, get the burner for free! Flower scents are definitely best, but no lavender! Yuck!

Hmm. What else?
I LOVE volunteering at the Humane Society. It indulges the cat lady inside me, haha. On Tuesday I walked in and immediately a Russian Blue claimed my lap while a yellow kitty sat next to me and played with the strings on the apron. It was pretty cute. Soon after a calico kitty wanted to play so I had one on each side of me playing with the strings while the RB was lounging on my lap. Being a crazy cat lady would be fun. It was also quite wonderful anytime someone adopted a cat. It's so great to see. Sweet Owl was still there, the poor thing. She's more friendly but still rather sad and scared so she won't leave her cage. We have three open cat rooms and one with each cat in a cage. Those are for the cats that are either on medication, cats that aren't used to other cats or don't like them, or cats that still need help being social. So sweet little Owl won't leave her cage. She was almost adopted but hissed and scratched when trying to get her in the box. I want to take her home and pamper her... haha. Dixie would be very upset though. Dixie is such a great kitty, I'm glad she's the one I come home to! haha.

Ahh the house smells of lilac again, it's wonderful.

I finished the Cake decorating course!

There it is! The cake is oddly shaped.. Oops. The hardest part was actually icing the cake! The flowers came out amazing, but the actual iced cake is kind of messy. Oh well. That was the first try. I'm very proud of the roses, that's for sure.